Audio Mises Dailyen-USnoAudio Mises Dailyhttps://mises.org/sites/default/files/Audio%20Mises%20Daily_20141022_1400.jpghttp://mises.org
The Continuing Demonization of Cashhttps://mises.org/library/continuing-demonization-cash-0
Paul-Martin FossThu, 18 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600https://mises.org/library/continuing-demonization-cash-0The public has been successfully conditioned to view the use of cash as something suspicious. Meanwhile, thanks to growing pressure from government, private business now often considers cash to be more trouble than it's worth, writes Paul-Martin Foss.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Ben Wiegold.

]]>noMoney and Banking, Money and Banks, The Police StateThe Truth About Politicshttps://mises.org/library/truth-about-politics-0
Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.Thu, 18 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600https://mises.org/library/truth-about-politics-0Politics operates according to principles that would horrify us if we observed them in our private lives, and would get us arrested if we lived by them. The state can steal and call it taxation, kill and call it war, writes Lew Rockwell.

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]]>noFree Markets, Monopoly and Competition, Political Theory2016's Economy Begins with a Whimperhttps://mises.org/library/2016s-economy-begins-whimper-0
David HaggithThu, 18 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600https://mises.org/library/2016s-economy-begins-whimper-0Global markets are showing they can't handle even a tiny bit of tightening by the Federal Reserve, and other central banks are doubling down on rock-bottom interest rates, writes David Haggith. After six years of "recovery" can we ever abandon endless easy money?

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]]>noGlobal Economy, Money and Banking, Money and Banks, The Fed, U.S. EconomyWhy I Have Hopehttps://mises.org/library/why-i-have-hope-0
Ron PaulThu, 18 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600https://mises.org/library/why-i-have-hope-0Thanks to our bankrupt economic policies, faith in our regime will soon be shaken whether we like it or not. Fortunately, we don't need a majority to make some changes for the better, writes Ron Paul.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Ben Wiegold.

]]>noMoney and Banking, Money and Banks, Political Theory, The Fed, U.S. EconomyHow the Blockchain and Gold Can Work Togetherhttps://mises.org/library/how-blockchain-and-gold-can-work-together-0
Thorsten PolleitMon, 08 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600https://mises.org/library/how-blockchain-and-gold-can-work-together-0New technologies, such as the blockchain technology behind digital currencies like bitcoin, may in the future facilitate the convenient use of precious metals as money once again, writes Thorsten Polleit.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Ben Wiegold.

]]>noGold Standard, Money and Banking, Money and BanksAre Harsh Sentencing Laws Driving Up Homicide Rates?https://mises.org/library/are-harsh-sentencing-laws-driving-homicide-rates-0
Justin MurrayMon, 08 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600https://mises.org/library/are-harsh-sentencing-laws-driving-homicide-rates-0The United States is notable for incarcerating a very large portion of its population compared to other countries. Surprisingly, this may increase homicide rates and lead to enclaves of ex-cons which would help explain why so many homicide victims have criminal records, writes Justin Murray.

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]]>noLegal System, The Police State, U.S. EconomySeven Changes Needed in Baltimore and Ferguson Right Nowhttps://mises.org/library/seven-changes-needed-baltimore-and-ferguson-right-now-0
Mark ThorntonThu, 28 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500https://mises.org/library/seven-changes-needed-baltimore-and-ferguson-right-now-0Communities like Baltimore and Ferguson have been crippled by government regulations and the American nanny state. Now is the time to allow local residents to break free of government wage controls, government schooling, and government prohibitions, writes Mark Thornton.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Robert Hale.

]]>noEntrepreneurship, Interventionism, Legal SystemWill the Fed Let Innovation Work Its Magic?https://mises.org/library/will-fed-let-innovation-work-its-magic-0
Edin MujagicMon, 04 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500https://mises.org/library/will-fed-let-innovation-work-its-magic-0In recent decades, the tech sector has brought us newer and better goods and ever-dropping prices. In an unhampered market, the same would happen across the entire economy. But, the Fed won't allow this to happen, writes Edin Mujagic.

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]]>noGlobal Economy, Money and Banks, The FedSelf-Interest Is Not Selfishnesshttps://mises.org/library/self-interest-not-selfishness-0
Gary GallesWed, 29 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500https://mises.org/library/self-interest-not-selfishness-0When Mother Teresa used her Nobel Prize money to fund services for the poor, she was exhibiting "self-interest," but not selfishness. Like virtually everyone else, she used her property to achieve an end she valued, but which benefited others as well, writes Gary Galles.

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]]>noFree Markets, Philosophy and MethodologyWhy Is the Fed Punishing My Parents?https://mises.org/library/why-fed-punishing-my-parents-0
Shawn RitenourWed, 22 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500https://mises.org/library/why-fed-punishing-my-parents-0Thanks to the central bank, those who worked hard and "played by the rules" all their lives now face an uncertain future as inflation chips away at their savings and threatens their financial stability, writes Shawn Ritenour.

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]]>noMoney and Banking, Money and Banks, The FedWhat Romance Can Tell Us About Government Regulationhttps://mises.org/library/what-romance-can-tell-us-about-government-regulation-0
Julian AdorneyWed, 22 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500https://mises.org/library/what-romance-can-tell-us-about-government-regulation-0When it comes to romantic relationships, people ruthlessly discriminate and make an endless number of subjective judgments. Most agree that it is absurd to regulate these relationships while not realizing that the same is true of all business relationships as well, writes Julian Adorney.

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]]>noInterventionism, Private PropertyBrazil: Victim of Vulgar Keynesianismhttps://mises.org/library/brazil-victim-vulgar-keynesianism-0
Antony P. MuellerFri, 10 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500https://mises.org/library/brazil-victim-vulgar-keynesianism-0Brazil's government has long been devoted to the idea that more government spending will create more economic prosperity. For a time, it seemed to work, but now reality and disillusionment have set in, writes Antony Mueller.

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]]>noBooms and Busts, Global EconomyJudge Napolitano on Self-Ownership and 'National Defensehttps://mises.org/library/judge-napolitano-self-ownership-and-national-defense-0
David GordonThu, 09 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500https://mises.org/library/judge-napolitano-self-ownership-and-national-defense-0Natural rights are fundamentally different from goods and services. Judge Napolitano explains in his new book how the acquisition of a mere service — security — cannot be based on the destruction of rights, which cannot be traded away, writes David Gordon.

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]]>noPolitical Theory, War and Foreign PolicyThe "Natural Interest Rate" Is Always Positive and Cannot Be Negativehttps://mises.org/library/natural-interest-rate-always-positive-and-cannot-be-negative-0
Thorsten PolleitThu, 09 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500https://mises.org/library/natural-interest-rate-always-positive-and-cannot-be-negative-0We're now in the world of negative interest rates, and Mises’s insights about human action are the key to understanding the implications of this, and in understanding the impossibility of a negative “natural” or “originary” interest rate, writes Thorsten Polleit.